With the PDF Viewer WordPress Plugin, you can embed PDF documents in your WordPress website.

Version 3.1 released. Now secure your PDFs so that users are forced to come to your website to read the PDF !Also get analytics data like whether user has viewed all pages of the PDF !

You can embed a PDF of your desired size

Secure your PDF so that users cannot download your PDF

Get analytics data straight to your Google Analytics

PDF can be also viewed in a modal window

You can set your own theme color for the PDF Viewer

Through the “Next” and “Previous” buttons, you can navigate through the pages of the PDF

With a “Full-Screen” button, the PDF document can be rendered in full-screen mode

Through a “Download” button, the PDF can be downloaded

You can embed multiple PDF documents in a page

The PDF can be embedded in a WordPress post or page using a shortcode

Use keyboard arrow keys to navigate the PDF

There are 3 modes in which a PDF can be viewed

NORMAL MODE

In this mode the PDF is displayed with the menu buttons.

Here the PDF occupies the full width of the page, but you can easily set it to occupy a smaller width as per your requirement.

PICTURE MODE

In this mode the first page of the PDF is only displayed. When this image is clicked, the PDF is opened in a modal window.

The below image is the image of the first page that is automatically generated. Try clicking on it.

LINK MODE

In this mode the PDF is opened in a modal window when a link is clicked.

With this mode you can convert any link so that a click opens the PDF in a modal lightbox. As a demo, try clicking on the below link.

SECURE YOUR PDF

You can password protect your PDF, and allow the plugin to open the PDF via a special secure key. Only the plugin can read the PDF. If the user manages to download the PDF, he cannot read it because he does not have the password of the PDF.

Demo : Try downloading the below PDF. Upon download if you want to read the PDF, you will be prompted for a password.

(It is also possible to hide the download button)

GET ANALYTICS DATA

You can get 2 types of analaytics data :

Impression : This means that the user has performed at least a click on the PDF

Fully Viewed : This means that the user has read all pages of the PDF by spending a definite no of seconds on each page (for example 1 second, 5 seconds etc)

Demo : Go through all pages of the PDF for at least 1 second. When you’ve finished viewing the PDF, you will see a message coming up.